Integrating herbal medicine into mainstream healthcare in Ghana: clients' acceptability, perceptions and disclosure of use.

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1 décembre 2017

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Serveur académique Lausannois

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Serveur Académique Lausannois

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Université de Lausanne et CHUV

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Adult; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Ghana; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Herbal Medicine; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Patient Satisfaction; Phytotherapy/psychology; Phytotherapy/utilization; Young Adult; Acceptability; Disclosure; Herbal medicine; Integration; Kumasi; Mainstream healthcare; Perception

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Health care delivery Health services Personal health services Medical services Medical and health care industry Delivery of medical care Health care Healthcare Delivery of health care Herbal medicine Herb remedies Medicinal herbs

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P. Agyei-Baffour et al., « Integrating herbal medicine into mainstream healthcare in Ghana: clients' acceptability, perceptions and disclosure of use. », Serveur académique Lausannois, ID : 10.1186/s12906-017-2025-4

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Although there are current efforts to integrate herbal medicine (HM) into mainstream healthcare in Ghana, there is paucity of empirical evidence on the acceptability and concurrent use of HM, in the formal health facilities in Ghana. This study sought to determine client perception, disclosure and acceptability of integrating herbal medicine in mainstream healthcare in Kumasi, Ghana. A cross-sectional study was conducted from May to August, 2015. Five hundred patients presenting at the outpatient departments of Kumasi South, Suntreso and Tafo Government Hospitals in Kumasi were randomly selected. Interviews were conducted with the use of structured questionnaires. A logistic regression analysis, using backward selection, was conducted to determine the influence of socio-demographic and facility related factors on the odds of using HM at the facility. All statistical tests were two-sided and considered significant at a p-value of

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